Francois Barbe-Marbois, Marquis de Barbé-Marbois, Minister of the Treasury of the Republic of France, Robert R. Livingston, Ambassador from the united States, and James Madison, Secretary of State, sign the Treaty of Cession, ceding the French enclave of Louisiana to the u.S. for 15,000,000 Dollars.
[restored 11/13/2021]
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Authority:
Articles of Confederation, Article XI
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 60.
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